/**
 * Copyright (C) 2008 aileron.cc
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 */
package cc.aileron.commons.resource;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileContent;
import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileObject;

/**
 * ClasspathResource
 * @author Aileron
 *
 */
public interface Resource {

	/**
	 * properties として取得
	 * @return
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	Properties toProperties() throws IOException;

	/*
	 * (非 Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	String toString();

	/**
	 * FileContent として取得
	 * @return
	 */
	FileContent toFileContent();
	
	/**
	 * FileObject として取得
	 * @return
	 */
	FileObject toFileObject();
	
	/**
	 * URL として取得
	 * @return
	 */
	URL toURL();

}
